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SITE Academic Conference “Transition after 25 years”

The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) organizes its annual academic conference on the unfinished transition 25 years after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

We are pleased to announce that the conference will be held at the Stockholm School of Economics on December 5-6, 2016. The aims of this conference are to highlight some current research in the broadly defined area of transition economics and to discuss the current state and possible future of the region and the contributions to our understanding of economic and social development from the economics of transition literature.

Among already confirmed speakers are Gerard Roland, Konstantin Sonin, Jeffrey Sachs, Anders Åslund, Ruben Enikolopov, Helena Schweiger, John Earle, Guido Friebel, Ina Ganguli, and Leonid Polischuk.

The number of participants is limited; therefore, we invite you to register for the conference as soon as possible using the Eventbrite form below.

Eventbrite - SITE Academic Conference “Transition after 25 years”

Please find the conference programme below.

Event Materials

The aims of this conference are to highlight some current research in the broadly defined area of transition economics, and to discuss the current state and possible future of the region and the contributions to our understanding of economic and social development from the economics of transition literature.

Among already confirmed speakers are Gerard Roland, Konstantin Sonin, Erik Berglöf, Anders Åslund, Ruben Enikolopov, Helena Schweiger, John Earle, Guido Friebel, Ina Ganguli and Leonid Polischuk.

Event Programme

Dec 5, 2016

08:30-09:00 Coffee and Registration
09:00-10:00 Keynote address
10:00-15:30 Paper presentations
15:30-17:00 Panel on the future of CIS and CEE countries

Dec 5, 2016

09:00-10:00 Keynote address
10:00-14:00 Paper presentations
14:00:15:15 Panel on the contributions of the Economics of Transition literature

 

For more information about the event and registration please visit the website of Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (see here).